WORRIED tackle suppliers have forced the organisers of this year’s EFTTEX show in London to shelve controversial plans to allow retailers to exhibit.A survey by the Angling Trade Association and Tackle & Guns revealed that many in the UK industry were unhappy that such a proposal had originally been given the go ahead in the […]
Trade forces rethink on retailers
Fisheries section
DON’T forgot that Total-Fishing has an excellent Fisheries section with latest form added to many of the venues on a regular basis. Venues with form recently added include – Browning Cudmore, Moorlands Farm, Woodland View, Larford Lakes, the River Severn, Sherwood Farm Fishery, Woodland View and Springwood Fishery.There are many more fisheries listed than that […]
Shore angler attacked by pier gang
A shore angler spent Saturday night in hospital after he was attacked by a gang of youths on Dawlish seafront.The 49-year-old man from Dawlish was sea fishing with friends on Saturday afternoon when the group were approached by four youths. The gang – which comprised two boys and two girls – asked the group of […]
Fish O Mania Dates
24th April, Woodlands View , Droitwich, Worcs28th April, Barford Lakes, Norwich, Norfolk8th May Grand Union Canal, Milton Keynes22nd May, Lawn Farm Fishery, Elsworth, Cambs29th May, Royal Military Canal, Hythe30th Willow Park Fishery, Ash Vale, Hants5th June Lakeview Fisheries, Melton Mwbray, Leics13th June Browning Cudmore, Whitmore, Staffs19th June Basingstoke Canal, Hants20th June Carr Mill Dam, St […]
Tom’s monster chub sets a new Warks Avon record
THE Warwickshire Avon has produced a monstrous chub of 8lb 1oz, which is easily the biggest ever reported from the venue.The specimen (pictured below) was caught by Tom McLoughlin, who lived in Hollywood in Birmingham until recently but now resides in the village of Wyre Piddle near Pershore, Worcs.Tom had been keeping the venue quiet in the […]
Midland Angler
THE latest issue of Midland Angler, the only newspaper exclusively for anglers in the heart of England, inculdes some quite brilliant tips from Roy Marlow on how to fish popped-up, hair rigged bread on commercial waters. Using two consistencies of bread, he shows how you can vary the rate the bread sinks through the water to create […]
Approval for National Angling Centre plan
AT long last, angling is all set to net its own multi-purpose National Angling Centre. Full planning permission has been granted and six lakes (providing a total of 200-pegs) are currently being stocked with carp, roach, rudd and tench in readiness for the grand opening late in 2005.The exciting new complex is at Whitmore, near […]
Zyg Gregorek’s stolen mobile phone relief
ANGLING globetrotter Zyg Gregorek was told he had to pay a bill of more than £8,000 run up by thieves after his mobile phone was stolen in South Africa. Zyg and Rosemary Gregorek who run the popular Angler’s Paradise complex at Halwill near Holsworthy, Devon, were on holiday when the phone was stolen in Johannesburg. They […]
More research needed into river close season
MORE than half of anglers want the Government to carry out more research into whether the Close Season on rivers should remain, according to the first poll carried out by AnglersSay.com. Of the 1,292 anglers who took part in the website’s first poll, a total of 786 – 60.8 per cent of those who voted […]
Castle Ashby TF meet…
Report by Pebsit (Phil ‘I might look like Andy Findlay but I can’t fish like him’ Stone) TWENTY one Total-Fishing matchmen met up at Castle Ashby on January 2nd for what was to be a gruelling 5 hours of fishing. There was no wind, all was calm and still and obviously even the fish couldn’t be […]
Christmas comes late for Killingworth anglers
EXPERTS have come up with the unique solution of using unwanted Christmas trees to create better spawning habitats for the fish in Tyneside’s Killingworth Lake.In a joint venture with the local angling club and North Tyneside Council, Christmas trees will be collected by the council at sites around the district for a limited time. The […]
Total Sea Fishing
SHOREGet Down To The DowniesJohn Findlay Follows top Scottish match angler Alan Combe during a roving match in search of cod.The Snake CharmersThere’s always a chance that you’ll hook into a conger while fishing for cod, as Terry Thomas finds out.Chancing It At ChesilDave Barham visits Chesil Beach in Dorset – Boy, what a session.Amazing […]
Bala New Year Extravaganza
AN intrepid band of internet brothers from Anglingforums and Total-Fishing joined up for a New Year Match on Bala.The idea of this match was first started on both site’s forums but despite fearing the worst weather Bala Lake could throw at them, the brave anglers went ahead with their plans on the 3rd January.Mark Turner had flown […]
Cormorant breakthrough?
THERE may be light at the end of the tunnel for fishery owners and clubs whose waters have been plagued by fish munching cormorants for years.Under a bizarre European ruling which most experts accept was a mistake, the thriving Carbo Sinensis species of cormorant which is now very common in the UK is a protected species. […]
Crabtree cartoons discovered
A HANDFUL of original strips of the classic angling cartoon Mr Crabtree Goes Fishing have been found by a Daily Mirror journalist at the paper’s London offices. It had been thought that all of Bernard Venables drawing had been destroyed in the 1940s, until they turned up in a clear out of drawers. The lucky […]